CHANGES AT BOARD LEVEL AT AST

Irvined California-based AST Research Inc has lost co-chairman and chief operating officer Thomas Yuen, but he will remain on the board: chief executive Safi Qureshey cedes the post of co-chairman and board member Dr Carmelo Santoro becomes the non-executive chairman; no word on what Yuen plans to do.

Irvined California-based AST Research Inc has lost co-chairman and chief operating officer Thomas Yuen, but he will remain on the board: chief executive Safi Qureshey cedes the post of co-chairman and board member Dr Carmelo Santoro becomes the non-executive chairman; no word on what Yuen plans to do.